EP3077184B1 - Neuartiges verfahren zur herstellung geformter vorrichtungen - Google Patents

Neuartiges verfahren zur herstellung geformter vorrichtungen Download PDF

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EP3077184B1
EP3077184B1 EP14802862.4A EP14802862A EP3077184B1 EP 3077184 B1 EP3077184 B1 EP 3077184B1 EP 14802862 A EP14802862 A EP 14802862A EP 3077184 B1 EP3077184 B1 EP 3077184B1
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B29C33/428—For altering indicia, e.g. data, numbers
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C39/00—Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressure; Apparatus therefor
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    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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    • B29D11/00336—Production of lenses with markings or patterns having particular surface properties, e.g. a micropattern by making depressions in the lens surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C37/00—Component parts, details, accessories or auxiliary operations, not covered by group B29C33/00 or B29C35/00
    • B29C37/0025—Applying surface layers, e.g. coatings, decorative layers, printed layers, to articles during shaping, e.g. in-mould printing
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2083/00—Use of polymers having silicon, with or without sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, or carbon only, in the main chain, as moulding material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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  • This invention is directed to a process for producing molded devices, preferably ophthalmic lenses, more preferably contact lenses, each of which comprises at least one molded mark (i.e., a visible symbol as an indentation) in the surface of the molded device.
  • the process involves the step of applying the symbol as an elevation to a molding surface of a mold before using the mold for making the molded device.
  • the process of the invention is characterized in that the elevation on the mold surface is produced by deposing, onto the molding surface having a first temperature, a liquid material having a second temperature higher than the first temperature, and solidifying the liquid material on the molding surface upon cooling toward to the first temperature.
  • the solidified material on the molding surface as an elevation needs to remain solid during the process of using the mold for making the molded device.
  • the elevation of the symbol on the mold is reproduced as an indentation of the symbol (or an indented symbol) on the surface of the molded device.
  • the invention is in particular suitable for molded devices such ophthalmic devices, in particular for contact lenses.
  • Manufacture of mass production molded devices is typically conducted by cast-molding of a reactive composition (or a lens-forming formulation or composition) in a mold comprising a first (e.g., female) mold half having a first molding surface defining one of the two opposite surfaces of a contact lens and a second (e.g., male) mold half having a second molding surface defining the other surface of the contact lens.
  • a lens forming formulation is dispensed into the female mold half followed by closing the mold by attaching the male mold half onto the female mold.
  • the cavity between the first and second molding surfaces of the mold in closed state defines the form of the contact lens to be molded.
  • said formulation is polymerized or crosslinked.
  • a process as described hereinbefore is generally independent of the mold material used or the lens forming formulation used. To meet the needs of as many patients as desirable it is important to manufacture contact lenses having a variety of different parameters or parameter combinations. Examples for such parameters are the power of a contact lens, or information about the angle of a toric axis in case of toric contact lenses (i.e., orientation marks), inversion marks for facilitating lens handlings, or manufacturing data or shelf life data or expiry information relating to a contact lens.
  • a convenient method of marking a contact lens directly with such parameters consists of transferring a symbol or a pattern from a lens mold to a contact lens.
  • EP-1,820,619 discloses a mold and a process for producing a base material having a transferred micropattern.
  • the mold of EP-1,820,619 for molding a photocurable resin is made of a transparent substrate, and comprises a surface layer having a micropattern therein and a binding layer, which is located between the transparent substrate and the surface layer and is made of a fluoropolymer having a fluorinated alicyclic structure in its main chain and reactive groups reactive with the functional groups on the transparent substrate and surface layer.
  • the indentation or elevation on the mold in those known processes for applying a symbol to a contact lens is a fixed and permanent element of the mold. It cannot be changed or varied. Re-usable molds of this type having a permanent indentation or elevation, therefore, can be used only for the manufacture of the specific type of contact lens described by said permanent indentation or elevation. This fact requires a manufacturer of contact lenses to have a large stock of molds carrying indentations or elevations needed for the many different types of parameters which are to be applied to a contact lens.
  • the invention relates to a process for producing an ophthalmic lens, more preferably a contact lens having a molded, visible symbol therein, according to independent claim 1.
  • the invention relates to use of a material in a process for producing an ophthalmic lens (preferably a contact lens) with a molded visible symbol therein which is an indentation in the surface of the ophthalmic lens according to independent claim 12.
  • a "molding surface" of a mold refers to a mold's surface which is in direct contact with a device forming composition for forming a device.
  • a molded device is hereinafter defined as an ophthalmic lens, such as an intraocular lens or a contact lens, and most preferred a contact lens.
  • a symbol to be applied to the molded device can be a pattern or alpha-numerical information or a picture, or a combination thereof.
  • Alpha-numerical information can be a number, a date, such as a manufacturing date or an expiry date, a lot number, toricity information (e.g., orientation marks), inversion marks, or text without or including numbers.
  • a pattern can be an arrangement of dots.
  • alpha-numerical information or a picture can be provided by an arrangement of individual dots.
  • a suitable and typical size (diameter) of an individual dot on a contact lens is for example about 100 micrometer.
  • visible in reference to a symbol as an indentation in the molded device is not necessarily meant visibility to the naked eye. As many molded articles, and for example contact lenses, are small objects, an indentation on the surface thereof is even substantially smaller and may be visible only by magnification. However, “visible” in the context of this invention means that the symbol can be identified on the surface of the molded device by careful inspection, for example in order to identify certain properties of the molded device.
  • the term "indentation” also, with reference to the often small size of the molded device, needs to be understood as a small object on the surface of the molded device, typically not deeper than 40 micrometer, preferably not deeper than 20 micrometer.
  • said elevation on the mold surface is also a small object on the surface of the mold, and corresponding dimensions apply, such that an elevation is typically not higher than 40 micrometer, preferably not higher than 20 micrometer.
  • the final form of the symbol to be applied is the form visible on the molded device.
  • the form of the symbol to be applied to the mold can be the same as the symbol to be seen on the molded device. This is the case, for example, for the letter "H”.
  • the situation is different for example for the two letter combination "Ab”. If such two letter combination shall appear as an indentation on the final molded device, the symbol to be applied as an elevation to the mold needs to be "dA".
  • both the elevation on the mold as well as the indentation on the molded article will be named by the same term "symbol".
  • the material to be applied to the mold is a pure compound or a mixture of compounds and has a melting point.
  • Said material is a liquid when being applied, it is applied at a temperature higher than the temperature of the mold (which is at or preferably below the melting point of the material), and it solidifies at the temperature of the mold, and it remains solid during the process of using the mold for making the molded device.
  • the temperature of the material to be applied onto a molding surface of a mold is about 2° to about 50°C, preferably about 2° to about 20°C, more preferably about 2° to about 10°C, even more preferably about 2° to about 5°C higher than the temperature of the mold in the context of this invention.
  • the difference in temperature is not the only parameter which is relevant.
  • Another parameter is the volume of the applied material relative to the volume of the mold, and the thermal coefficients of the applied material and the mold. The larger the volume of the mold and the smaller the volume of the applied material, the larger the temperature difference between the two is allowed to be, and the relatively low temperature of the large volume of the mold compared to the relatively high temperature of the material to be applied will still achieve the desired effect, namely to solidify the small volume of the (relatively warm) applied material.
  • volume and or heat capacity of a mold are limited, then the temperature difference between mold and material to be applied may not be large because a small volume of a mold will achieve the desired effect, namely to solidify the volume of the applied material, only if the applied material does not require much cooling.
  • Another parameter is the temperature at which the process of using the mold for making the molded device is conducted. This involves for example the temperature of the composition introduced into the mold for forming the molded device, and the resulting temperature within the mold during the process of using the mold. If said temperature is about the same as the temperature of the mold or if it is a lower temperature one can expect that the material applied to the mold in the form of a symbol remains solid during forming the molded device. As the person skilled in the art will understand it is important that said material remains solid at that time because otherwise it will easily mix with the composition to form the molded device, and there will not result the desired symbol on the surface of the molded device.
  • the application temperature of the material the temperature at which said material solidifies (the melting point), and the temperature of the mold as well as the temperature within the mold during the process of using the mold.
  • the application temperature of the material can be chosen by using a material in liquid form or by using a material after melting the material or by raising the temperature further if desired.
  • the temperature at which a material solidifies can be influenced by selecting a material with a suitable melting point.
  • a melting point in the vicinity of room temperature is preferred, such as, preferably from 15°C and 60°C, more preferably from about 18°C to about 50°C, even more preferably from about 18°C to about 38°C. If necessary or desired the melting point of a material can be reduced by addition of e.g. salts, as known to a person skilled in the art.
  • the temperature of the mold as well as the temperature within the mold during the process of using the mold typically will be room temperature, or very close to room temperature, such as 23 ⁇ 7°C, more preferably 23 ⁇ 4°C.
  • Materials suitable for use in the process of the invention preferably have a melting point between 15°C and 60°C, more preferably between 18°C and 50°C, even more preferred between 18°C and 38°C, and preferably but not necessarily they do not belong to goods classified as dangerous, they are soluble in or can be rinsed off by at least one of water, propanol or methyl ethyl ketone at or above their melting point, and they are at least temporarily resistant to the composition for forming the molded device. Temporarily means at least about 10 seconds, preferably at least about 30 seconds, and even more preferred up to about 2 to 3 minutes. Resistant means that the solidified material for such a period of time remains in solid form, and does not dissolve in the composition for forming the molded device.
  • Materials which can be used in the process of the invention and preferably materials having a melting point in the vicinity of room temperature and for use with a mold temperature and a process temperature both being at room temperature or very close to room temperature are for example alcohols or alkanes.
  • suitable alcohols are e.g. hexane-1,6-diol (CAS-Nr. 629-11-8) with a melting point of 39-42°C, and 1-tetradecanol (CAS-Nr. 112-72-1) with a melting point of 38°C.
  • suitable alkanes are e.g. nonadecane (CAS-Nr. 629-92-5) with a melting point of 32-34°C, and tetracosane (CAS-Nr. 646-31-1) with a melting point of about 58°C.
  • Selection of a specific material for application in applying a symbol to a specific molded device will also depend on properties of the material such as solubility in the composition to form the molded device (undesired) and properties such as solubility or miscibility in cleaning solutions used for cleaning the mold after a manufacturing cycle or in extracting solutions used for extracting the molded device (desired).
  • the material at extraction of the molded device is soluble or can be rinsed off, if necessary by raising the temperature to a temperature at or above the melting point. It is in particular desirable if the material below, at or above the melting point can be rinsed off by water, 1-propanol, 2-propanol or methyl ethyl ketone, or if it is soluble in water, 1-propanol, 2-propanol or methyl ethyl ketone. Solubility or the ability of being rinsed off in one of those solvents is sufficient. However, the material should be insoluble in or at least temporarily resistant to the composition to form the molded device in the mold.
  • the process of the invention is independent of the composition to form the molded device as long as solubility of the material in the composition does not become an issue.
  • contact lens materials are suitable, in particular those which can be processed in the so called Light Stream Process.
  • An especially suitable material is a silicone hydrogel material.
  • silicone hydrogel materials include without limitation, delefilcon A, lotrafilcon A, lotrafilcon B, balafilcon A, galyfilcon A, senofilcon A, narafilcon A, narafilcon B, comfilcon A, enfilcon A, asmofilcon A, efrofilcon A.
  • hexane-1,6-diol is water soluble but only temporarily resistant to a silicone hydrogel contact lens formulation, e.g., one shown in Examples.
  • Tetradecanol is insoluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, and very well soluble in diethylether.
  • Nonadecane and tetracosane are insoluble in water and insoluble in a silicone hydrogel contact lens formulation, e.g., one shown in Examples.
  • Application of the material to a mold is conducted at a temperature higher than the melting point of the material to a mold surface having a lower temperature (i.e., which is at or below the melting point of the material).
  • the material if applied to the mold surface solidifies on the mold surface.
  • Application of the material to the mold surface can be conducted by a number of techniques, for example by spraying, by fixation, by steaming, by inkjet, by Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) or by Selective Heat Sintering (SHS), or by a combination of those techniques, all of which are known to a person skilled in the art.
  • SLS Selective Laser Sintering
  • SHS Selective Heat Sintering
  • ink jet technology may be used as an example of a no-touch technique.
  • the viscosity of the material preferably is about 20 to 50 mPas at a temperature above the melting point.
  • the application technology may also be more complex, for example a symbol can be applied to the mold surface by depositing a powder, heating it to a temperature at or above the melting point of the powder followed by cooling to e.g. room temperature (SLS).
  • SLS room temperature
  • Another example of an application technique is applying a coating to the mold surface, e.g. by steam coating, and generating a symbol within the coating by e.g. evaporating some parts of the coating.
  • 3D-printing is a suitable technology.
  • the process disclosed herein, and the uses disclosed herein are advantageous for a number of reasons.
  • the symbol to be applied to the molded device can be changed in each manufacturing cycle, and it is not permanent on the mold.
  • Toxicity tests of the molded devices need not be conducted as for use of UV inks in clinical products provided that the materials used can be dissolved or rinsed off from the molded device as it is the case according to the current invention.
  • This example illustrates how an orientation mark as a symbol (102) can be molded within a contact lens (101) by an arrangement of dots indicating the toric axis (orientation) to obtain a contact lens with a molded symbol therein (100), as shown in Figure 1 .
  • the large circle illustrates a contact lens (101) to the surface of which dots (102) have been created by the process of the invention.
  • This example illustrates how alpha-numerical information as a symbol can be applied to a contact lens (201) by an arrangement of dots representing the information "1A" (202) to obtain a contact lens with a molded symbol therein (200), as shown in Figure 1 .
  • the large circle illustrates a contact lens (201) to the surface of which dots (202) have been applied by the process of the invention.
  • a lens forming composition as described in Example 3 or 19 of US 8480227 (herein incorporated by reference in its entirety) is used in this Example.
  • the lens forming composition comprises a chain-extended polydimethylsiloxane macromer, N-[tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylpropyl]acrylamide (TRIS-Am), N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA), N-(carbonyl-methoxypolyethylene glycol-2000)-1,2-disteaoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-ethanolamin, sodium salt) (L-PEG), Darocur 1173 (DC1173), visitint (5% copper phthalocyanine blue pigment dispersion in tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylpropylmethacrylate, TRIS), and 1-propanol.
  • TRIS tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylpropylmethacrylate
  • Nonadecane having a melting point of 34°C is used to apply dots to a reusable mold (glass female mold half and quartz male mold half), similar to the mold shown in Figs. 1-6 in U.S. patent Nos.7,384,590 and 7,387,759 ( Figs. 1-6 ).
  • the dots with a pattern shown in Figure 1 or 2 is applied onto the molding surface of the female mold half at room temperature by dosing liquid nonadecane having a temperature of at least about 2 degrees above 34°C from a syringe.
  • Nonadecane does not react with the lens forming composition such that filling the mold with the lens forming composition at room temperature and curing the lens forming composition results in a silicone hydrogel contact lens having the dot symbols of Figure 1 or 2 as indentations on the surface.
  • a lens forming composition as described in Example 3 or 19 of US 8480227 (herein incorporated by reference in its entirety) is used in this Example.
  • the lens forming composition comprises a chain-extended polydimethylsiloxane macromer, N-[tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylpropyl]acrylamide (TRIS-Am), N,N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA), N-(carbonyl-methoxypolyethylene glycol-2000)-1,2-disteaoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-ethanolamin, sodium salt) (L-PEG), Darocur 1173 (DC1173), visitint (5% copper phthalocyanine blue pigment dispersion in tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylpropylmethacrylate, TRIS), and 1-propanol.
  • TRIS tris(trimethylsiloxy)silylpropylmethacrylate
  • Hexane-1,6-diol having a melting point of 39 - 42°C is used to apply dots to a reusable mold (glass female mold half and quartz male mold half), similar to the mold shown in Figs. 1-6 in U.S. patent Nos.7,384,590 and 7,387,759 ( Figs. 1-6 ).
  • the dots with a pattern shown in Figure 1 or 2 is applied onto the molding surface of the female mold half at room temperature by dosing liquid hexanediol having a temperature of at least about 2 degrees above 42°C from a syringe.
  • Hexanediol does not react with the lens forming composition immediately as it is temporarily resistant such that filling the mold with the lens forming composition at room temperature and curing the lens forming composition results in a silicone hydrogel contact lens having the dot symbols of Figure 1 or 2 as indentations on the surface.

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  1. Verfahren zur Herstellung einer ophthalmischen Linse (101, 201) mit einem geformten sichtbaren Symbol (100, 200) darin, umfassend den Schritt des Aufbringens eines Symbols als Erhöhung (102, 202) auf eine Formungsoberfläche einer Form, bevor die Form zum Gießformen der ophthalmischen Linse (101, 201) verwendet wird, wobei die Erhöhung (102, 202) auf der Formungsoberfläche hergestellt wird, indem auf einer Formungsoberfläche einer Form mit einer ersten Temperatur ein Material im flüssigen Zustand und mit einer zweiten Temperatur abgesetzt wird, die höher als die erste Temperatur ist, die auf oder vorzugsweise unter dem Schmelzpunkt des Materials liegt, und dann das Material durch Abkühlen in Richtung der ersten Temperatur auf der Formungsoberfläche als die Erhöhung (102, 202) verfestigt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Material einen Schmelzpunkt zwischen 15 °C und 60 °C aufweist, in mindestens einem von Wasser, Propanol oder Methylethylketon bei seinem oder oberhalb seines Schmelzpunkts löslich ist oder damit abgespült werden kann und zum Gießformen der ophthalmischen Linse (101, 201) mindestens zeitweilig gegenüber der Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse beständig ist; und dass die Erhöhung (102, 202) auf der Formungsoberfläche während des Verfahrens der Verwendung der Form zum Gießformen der ophthalmischen Linse aus einer Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse fest bleibt, wobei die Vertiefung in der geformten ophthalmischen Linse als das geformte sichtbare Symbol als Vertiefung in der ophthalmischen Linse reproduziert wird.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei die ophthalmische Linse eine Kontaktlinse (101, 201) ist.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei das geformte sichtbare Symbol (100, 200) ein Muster oder alphanumerische Informationen oder ein Bild oder eine Kombination davon ist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei das geformte sichtbare Symbol (100, 200) eine Zahl, ein Datum, eine Chargennummer, eine Orientierungsmarkierung, eine Invertierungsmarkierung oder Text ohne oder einschließlich Zahlen ist.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei das Material einen Schmelzpunkt zwischen 18 °C und 60 °C aufweist, in mindestens einem von Wasser, Propanol oder Methylethylketon bei seinem oder oberhalb seines Schmelzpunkts löslich ist oder damit abgespült werden kann und zum Gießformen der ophthalmischen Linse (101, 201) mindestens zeitweilig gegenüber der Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse beständig ist.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei das Material einen Schmelzpunkt von 18 °C bis 38 °C aufweist.
  7. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die erste Temperatur und die Temperatur der Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse innerhalb der Form bei Raumtemperatur oder sehr nahe an Raumtemperatur sind.
  8. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die erste Temperatur und die Temperatur der Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse innerhalb der Form 23 ± 7 °C, bevorzugter 23 ± 4 °C, betragen.
  9. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei das Material aus Alkoholen und Alkanen ausgewählt ist.
  10. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, wobei das Material aus Hexan-1,6-diol, 1-Tetradecanol, Nonadecan, Tetracosan und Kombinationen davon ausgewählt ist.
  11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, wobei das Aufbringen des Materials auf die Formungsoberfläche durch Sprühen, durch Fixierung, durch Dampfbehandlung, durch Tintenstrahl, durch selektives Lasersintern oder durch selektives Wärmesintern oder eine Kombination davon durchgeführt wird.
  12. Verwendung eines Materials in einem Verfahren zur Herstellung einer ophthalmischen Linse (101, 201) mit einem geformten sichtbaren Symbol (100, 200) darin, das eine Vertiefung in der Oberfläche der ophthalmischen Linse ist, umfassend den Schritt des Aufbringens eines Symbols als Erhöhung (102, 202) auf eine Formungsoberfläche einer Form, bevor die Form zum Gießformen der ophthalmischen Linse verwendet wird, wobei die Erhöhung (102, 202) auf der Form hergestellt wird, indem auf der Formungsoberfläche der Form, die eine erste Temperatur aufweist, ein Material im flüssigen Zustand und mit einer zweiten Temperatur abgesetzt wird, die höher als die erste Temperatur ist, die bei oder vorzugsweise unter dem Schmelzpunkt des Materials ist, und dann das Material auf der Formungsoberfläche als Erhöhung (102, 202) durch Kühlen in Richtung der ersten Temperatur verfestigt wird, wobei das Symbol durch seine Eigenschaften gekennzeichnet ist, während des Gießformungsverfahrens aus einer Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse fest zu bleiben und mit einem Lösungsmittel mit einer dritten Temperatur entfernt zu werden, die gleich oder höher als die erste Temperatur ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Material einen Schmelzpunkt zwischen 15°C und 60 °C aufweist, in mindestens einem von Wasser, Propanol oder Methylethylketon bei seinem oder oberhalb seines Schmelzpunkts löslich ist oder damit abgespült werden kann und zum Gießformen der ophthalmischen Linse (101, 201) mindestens zeitweilig gegenüber der Zusammensetzung zur Bildung der ophthalmischen Linse beständig ist.
  13. Verwendung nach Anspruch 12, wobei das Material einen Schmelzpunkt von etwa 18 °C bis etwa 60 °C, bevorzugter etwa 18 °C bis etwa 38 °C, aufweist.
  14. Verwendung nach Anspruch 12 oder 13, wobei das Material aus Hexan-1,6-diol, 1-Tetradecanol, Nonadecan, Tetracosan und Kombinationen davon ausgewählt ist.
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